Luton Minor

The Luton L.A.4 Minor was a 1930s British single-seat high-wing ultra-light aircraft. The prototype was built by the Luton Aircraft Limited and design plans were later adapted and copies sold for home-building.

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had been fitting it to their Luton Minor and Luton Buzzard range of homebuild light aircraft popularly known at the time as Flying Fleas.4
Luton Minor - by Hurst Bowers - 50in span - Scale IC FF Luton Minor - by Walt Mooney from Aeromodeller - 1958 - 23in span - Scale IC FF 5
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Luton Minor and told its readers exactly how to make one at home.7
Luton Minor G-AFIR from the ground up after an accident, and his involvement with various Aeronca C-3s.8
Luton Minor in which he subsequently toured extensively on the Continent and won the “Best Homebuilt” at the 1974 PFA Rally at Sywell.9

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He built a Luton Minor in the 1970s, which he flew regularly from Old Sarum flying club until he was in his late eighties.15
Like the Luton Minor it is a high-wing braced monoplane, but has a cabin seating two and is powered by a 60 h.p. Walter "Mikron" engine.16
One such, a Luton Minor, was built and flown by John E. Carine of Douglas, who lodged a planning application for a small 'T' shaped hangar in February 1939.17
Height Main
190.5
Height Alt
1.91 m
Designer
C.H. Latimer-Needham
Length Alt
6.10 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
750.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
Range Main
156.0
Max Speed Alt
5100.0
Sequence
Luton Buzzard • L.A.2 • L.A.3 Minor • L.A.4 Minor • L.A.5 Major
Max Speed Main
74
Airfoil
RAF 48
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
341.0
Type Of Prop
four-cylinder horizontal opposed
Crew
1
Span Main
762.0
Area Main
125.0
Span Alt
7.62 m
Plane Or Copter?
Power Alt
41.0
Engine(prop)
Lycoming O-145
Manufacturer
First Flight
3
Climb Rate Main
450.0
Power Main
55hp
Number Of Props
1
Climb Rate Alt
2.3 m-s
Length Main
609.6
Area Alt
11.6 m²
Range Alt
10800.0
Empty Weight Main
450.0
Empty Weight Alt
205.0
Category

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